Very impressive acoustics from the 2TB GP, especially since it has 4 platters. Really the only thing i dont like about the drive from all the reviews ive read is the very high price. Id still take 2 1TB 3 platter drives over it and save a substantial amount. Once the price drops i'll consider it.

Seems like a decent product, but 700w is way too much. I also hope they have improved their quality control, as i had many problems with their old 450w model, both noise, heat, and bad insulation which resulted in a fryed motherboard and a nasty schock :evil: They also offer 400, 520 and 1000w vers...

Your new PSU will have a SATA power cable. Every PSU in the last 2 or 3 years has one, even the really basic models. If not, a simple molex adaptor will work. You can connect it to your current system and partition off part of it for the future OS then use the rest now as storage. Once you come to i...

If i bought an HDT-S1283 it would fit in my case, only just. Would it fit in the proper orientation (ie large side facing case exhaust)? If so, why not go for it? I have the 92mm Xigma and it can only mount the wrong way (facing PSU) on AM2 CPU's since the heatpipes block the mounting system otherw...

I use a single 4850 to play games at 1920x1200. Assassins creed, COD, UT3 all play fine at high or max settings. Why people think they need high end SLI to play at this res i dont know. Some people just look at crysis benchmarks and conclude that they need to spend $500. GTA4 and GRI(D are the only ...

ATI cards also accelerate PS CS4. nVidia made all the big announcements but its not exclusive to them. I think the 4670 is ideal for your needs.

rpsgc wrote:Beige? Don't you mean white?

Well its sort of creamy colour. Certainly not white.

I sometimes stay awake at night thinking how unsexy my beige DVI connector is. Then i release that not only is it A) hidden round the back of my PC and B) has a sexy black DVI cable hiding the offensive beige.

It seems a dead end to me. RAM is volatile and therefore no matter how many advantages it has it will always be an inferior storage medium.

They dont have to change ATX at all. If GPU makers put the componants on the other side of the board (facing up) it would make things much better. I have no idea why they dont already, especially if your cooling passively it would be better. Move the x16 slot down a bit to make sure the big coolers ...

So no scythe really doesnt "make" anything of quality. They had an opportunity to at one time, but that window has long been gone. So your definition of "good" is industry leading? Just because something might cool a CPU an extra 2c doesnt mean its suddenly bad, especially since both coolers are we...

QuietOC wrote: Just a minute how efficient is 80+ Gold?

Gold rating is for 87/90/87% efficiency at 20/50/100% load in their own (unrealistically cool) test methods.

tehfire wrote:Yes

What he said.

Redzo wrote:Stay away from Seagate...read more why
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That issue only relates to a different firmwire on a different generation of a different sized drive. I have heard no issues with the drive the OP was asking about.

Not to disimilar to my file server. I used the LE-1640 CPU as it was only £2 more than the one your looking at.
I also used a corsair vx400w PSU. £45 and not bad. I was thinking of going PicoPSU but i didnt like the idea of having 5 HDD's all daisy chained to a molex connector.

The AMD system will likely have lower power consumption and better IGP. One thing i would seriously think about is replacing the crappy no-brand PSU. If he got it with the case years ago its a ticking time bomb by now. I would very seriously consider buying something like the Antec Earthwatts, Seaso...

The HR-01 will probably be best for the low airflow environment.
You should make note that the xigmatech can only be mounted the "wrong" way (facing up towards the PSU rather than facing the exhuast), so while it would be cheaper it will not be as efficient as those which can be mounted either way.

i wonder if i could get better heatsinks for this... Hmm im not sure. The CPU and northbridge are cooled by the same heatsink, depending on the mounting holes and how close they are together you might find yourself unable to cool both. I suppose you could cut off the CPU part of the heatsink and re...

Why use such a small fan? Its going to be much louder and less effective than larger fans.

GPU: ATI 4870 with Scythe Musashi or GPU: ATI Radeon HD3650 x2 (passiv, fan on HD bay) Thats a very strange choice to make. The 4870 beats the crap out of 2 3650's in every aspect. Also look into the Accelero S1 cooler. You'll need to zip-tie a slow 120mm fan (really 500rpm would be enough to keep ...

ASUS's EPU was a complete PITA for me. Using the P5Q-Pro P45 board, when installed it would repeatedly BSOD on me. Something obviously didnt like being underclocked. In the end i just uninstalled it and have been running fine since. But its unlikely i'll ever try it again.

I agree that the Q6600 is pretty power hungry compared to the 45nm chips, and a dual core might suit your needs better. I would also wait until you get the case and system before buying a replacement PSU. See how quiet the stock one is and how much room you have spare then decide if its worth upgrad...

If you go for the Intel, dont get that mobo, nvidia chipsets are only really useful if you plan to go SLI. A P43/45 will be better choice.

But personally i would go with the AMD. As others said, the 4850e will be a great chip with a 780G motherboard for what you plan on doing with it.

The heatsink uses the spring clip method to hold down the heatsink, it would appear that any northbridge heatsink that clamps down the same way should work.
Failing that then any northbridge cooler with pushpins and just some some thermal adhesive to stick it on there.

I find xbit labs have very reliable and consistant VGA power consumption charts. One of the 55nm GTX260's will sip roughly 44w at idle and 105w at load. http://www.xbitlabs.com/images/video/evga-geforce-gtx260-216-55nm/results/evga260_power.png The older 65nm GTX260 will use similar amounts at idle ...

http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/coolers/display/scythe-mugen-2.html Very impressive cooling (beating TRUE at low and high fanspeed) and looks good for passive cooling with its split up fins. It also comes with a slipstream (1200rm i believe). And cheaper than most competitors. This could be my nex...

I doubt many people have used more than 1 of those cards so i dont know how useful this poll would be to you.

A 9500GT with 1GB of RAM is the most pointless thing since NASCAR. Save the money stick with the onboard video, a good board like you selected will provide essentially the same quality.

Yes 2.5" drives will probably go the way of the Dodo sooner rather than later, but they do still have a fairly big market open to them. Many people dont want a full size tower case on their desk or under their TV. Cases are getting smaller and more stylish, and in these cases a 2.5" makes perfect se...

And Sli, as CF would mostly benefit if you pair sub 100$ cards which then perform better than 200$ card, but usually that is not so... Indeed, mostly because the low end cards get bottlenecked by their RAM size or bandwidth before their cores, while the cards that cost twice as much do not suffer f...